ANS Flashcards by Alexis Cooper | Brainscape

Q

Sympathetic

A

Fight or flight

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Parasympathetic

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Rest and digest

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Preganglionic

A

Presynaptic

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Postganglionic

A

Postsynaptic

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Autonomic Ganglia

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Cell bodies of postganglionic

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Preganglionic neuron

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Relatively short but heavily myelinated

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Ramus

A

Branch

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Efferent

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Away

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Afferent

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Towards

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Autonomic Fibers of the spinal cord

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Running in the ventral root

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Sympathetic trunk nuclei

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Confined to the CNS

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Sympathetic trunk ganglion

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Peripherally located

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Cholinergic

A

Nicotinic/muscarinic. Bind to acetylcholine

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Adrenergic

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Alpha/beta. Bind to noradrenaline

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Muscarinic Receptor reaction

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Excitatory and inhibitory

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Nicotinic Receptor reaction

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All excitatory

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Where are cholinergic receptors present

A

The autonomic ganglia

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What cell type are cholinergic receptors

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Autonomic effector cells